315, Lot: 551. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (17mm, 3.36 g, 1h). Tanukh mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, with left hand on sheathed sword; legend with Caliph’s name / Transformed cross; wāf to left, bi-tanukh to right. SICA 1, 666; Album 3531. Near VF, earthen black patina.

Album notes: This mint name probably refers to the tribe, the Banu Tanukh, rather than a physical location.